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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Subtraction: A Subway System in Your Pocket
I love Khoi’s work. I also love that I’m back in a place where this is useful.
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Monday, December 17th, 2007Busy day today, lots of time on airplanes, Ohio -> Baltimore -> Long Island. Still can’t believe I grew up here, the accents seem so foreign to me. Spent a lot of time in the mall, bought a dumb headphone adapter for my iPhone and almost bought a 5×5 rubick’s cube. Sat in the bookshop and read / skimmed Brazen Careerist. Ms. Trunk makes a lot of good points about the way the world has changed. In summary, 30 is the new 20, the average person has 8.something jobs before they are 30 and people are now more focused on personal development than climbing the corporate ladder.
The points hit fairly close to home. I like her writing style. I also listened to almost all of Steve Martin’s book, Born Standing Up. I have read literally hundreds of books about comedy and comedy writing, and this is one of the most non-pretentious and truthful that I have found.
I wasn’t aware that he had such a close writing partnership with Bob Einstein aka Super Dave Osborne aka brother of Albert Brooks, aka son of Parkyakarkus (legendary comedian who literally died on stage at a Friar’s club roast — look it up) Anyway, Martin has an amazing perspective on his career and ideas of what comedy is. It’s a dishonor that his name and Dane Cook have been used in the same sentence (mentioning fastest selling comedy albums) and yes I understand the irony that I just used both of their names in the same sentence.
Anyway, I have lots running through my mind idea-wise.
And tons of projects to take on…
Bye for now.
Keep Reading » 1Fun-employment, Step 1
Monday, December 17th, 2007I had an amazing time at the 2Checkout Holiday party. A little too much of an amazing time. I’ve been feeling pangs of guilt all this past week after deciding to leave after my contract ended instead of take the great position they offered me. I haven’t entirely figured out my rationale yet. There were times there that I was unhappy with the work, but they were an amazing group of people to work with. And I guess I had hoped to be doing more front-end work, and they’re definitely in a transitional stage, ramping up their Java core environment (a task I am both ill-suited and not entirely interested in helping out on) Anyway, I didn’t burn any bridges, and I would seriously consider returning somewhere down the line.
I mentioned this earlier, but my friend Carl, now of Portland, Oregon inspired me with the term “fun-employment.” Portland, I’m paraphrasing a quote from some article, is the place where “the idea of success is working at a coffee shop so you can play in your Ukrainian folk band.” Anyway, they know how to live life.
So I’m going to make the most out of time my time off, even if I don’t have a lot of money to do it with…
I’m about to get on a plane to New York. I’ll be on Long Island today, then probably come into Brooklyn tomorrow and leaving Wednesday evening.
So for my friends out there reading this, give me a call on my cell. (If you don’t have it, it’s on my facebook page) Or for any non-friends, I’m open to hanging out too…
They’re pre-boarding now…. bye.
Keep Reading » Comments OffI'm officially fun-employed
Saturday, December 15th, 2007I had written a long-winded, heartfelt post about how much I enjoyed working at 2Checkout [you can see some of my handy-work at http://www.megashopolis.com/], which is completely true. But for now, I’ve just decided to move on and take some time off, rather than come on as a full-time employee. They are an amazing group of people to work with, and I highly recommend their service. But as for me, I’m heading to New York on Monday, then England for 10 days, back to NY by New Years and off to Vermont for a couple of weeks in January…
Stealing a line from my good friend Carl, I’m now FUN-EMPLOYED!!
I’ll figure out what I want to do next when I return to Columbus, but in the meantime I’ve got some good ideas brewing….
Keep Reading » Comments OffThe Worst Band Names Of '07 | The A.V. Club
Friday, December 14th, 2007The Worst Band Names Of ’07 | The A.V. Club
Proof that truth is better than fiction..
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007PREFACE: I know this is a pretty dumb idea. But I like the juxtaposition of Webcam + Record. There wasn’t much thought involved here, I just grabbed the first record I saw with an interesting cover. So enjoy Bttls and expect more in the coming weeks. Especially after my upcoming trip to England.
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Why Columbus?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Because it’s the “best of everything” I am enjoying my new life here for the most part. Low cost of living, it’s wonderful. How does “you get what you pay for” fit in to that as a sales point. I’m having difficulty making this comment as sarcastic as
Keep Reading » 1Creation Museum – a photoset on Flickr
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Creation Museum – a photoset on Flickr
Just found out about the Creation museum near Cincinnati. Then Brendan showed me these photos of his trip. I apparently have so much to learn.
Keep Reading » Comments OffI give you $500 USD and a Week in England
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007What records do you buy? If you don’t want your choices public, feel free to im me: kremdela.
You can’t mention Radiohead, The Beta Band, The Smiths, Joy Division or The Beatles.
Keep Reading » Comments OffTribute Band Ideas
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007- Bjork + Spoon = Spork
- Talking Heads + Radiohead + Stereolab = Talking Stereoheads
- Yankees Suck (Boston/ Classic Rock Tribute)
- Dead Kenny G’s (brilliant, and already exists)
- Of Montreal + Band of Horses = Band of Montreal
- Calla + Califone = Callaphone
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- LCD Soundsystem of a Down